Accession number
PML 125239
Creator
Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580.
Published
[Parisiis] Venalis habetur apud Claudiu[m] in edibus Francisci Regnault, Vniuersitatis Parrhisio[rum] librarii [about 1521]
Credit line
Gift of Felix de Marez Oyens, 1989.
Notes
Signatures: [A⁸], B-Z⁸, a-b⁸.
An epitome of Theodoretus, Sozomenus and Socrates from the Latin translation of Epiphanes.
Known as Historia ecclesiastica tripartita.
Dated from the state of the device (Moreau, Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle, III: 53, who confuses this edition with Goff C241).
Previously identified as an incunable. BSB-Ink identifies the type as not before 1516.
ISTC records as: [Rouen: Pierre Olivier], for François Regnault, [about 1521].
PML copy lacking quires U, Y-Z and a-b.
An epitome of Theodoretus, Sozomenus and Socrates from the Latin translation of Epiphanes.
Known as Historia ecclesiastica tripartita.
Dated from the state of the device (Moreau, Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle, III: 53, who confuses this edition with Goff C241).
Previously identified as an incunable. BSB-Ink identifies the type as not before 1516.
ISTC records as: [Rouen: Pierre Olivier], for François Regnault, [about 1521].
PML copy lacking quires U, Y-Z and a-b.
Description
[200] leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Unidentified inscriptions inside upper cover, on title page, and on lower flyleaf. Contemporary annotations inside upper cover. Sparse contemporary annotations throughout text, particularly to first quarter.
Provenance
"J Sausou" inscription on title page, additional inscription obscured. "Ex Libris Joannis Claudii de Ramey" inscription on title page [cf. PML 125348 and 125357]. "Ramey" inscription on fo. 24v. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Felix de Marez Oyens, 1989.
Binding
Contemporary leather (sheep or goat) over paperboards; blind tooled; evidence of paper spine label and ties at head, tail, and fore-edge; sewing structure visible.
Classification
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